Affirmative Action Commitments by Industrial Organizations Have Led to an Increase

question 120

Multiple Choice

Affirmative action commitments by industrial organizations have led to an increase in the number of women in executive positions. Satellite Office Systems has vacancies for two executives that it will fill from among four women and six men. This is an example of what type of probability distribution?

• A) Continuous probability distribution
• B) Poisson probability distribution
• C) Binomial probability distribution
• D) Hypergeometric probability distribution

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Definitions:

False Negative

An error in test results in which a positive condition is incorrectly reported as negative.

Discrete Probability Distribution

A statistical distribution that shows the probabilities of outcomes with distinct values.

Standard Deviation

A metric that quantifies the spread or variation of a data collection in comparison to its average value.

Probability Distribution

Describes how probabilities are distributed over the values of a random variable; it's a mathematical function showing the likelihood of different outcomes.